Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no import required meaning native timeline editing; Blackmagic Design support for input and preview monitoring; and resolution support to 4k.
Editing Features
- Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option
- Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline
- 3-point editing
- Hide, mute, and lock track controls
- Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
- Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view
- Create, play, edit, save, load, encode, and stream MLT XML projects (with auto-save)
- Save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file
- Load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip
- Drag-n-drop files from file manager
- Scrubbing and transport control
Video Effects
- Video compositing across video tracks
- HTML5 (sans audio and video) as video source and filters
- 3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading
- Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing
- Deinterlacing
- Auto-rotate
- Fade in/out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
- Video wipe transitions:
- bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image
- Track compositing/blending modes:
- Over, Add, Saturate, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, HSL Hue, HSL Saturation, HSL Color, HSL Luminosity.
- Video Filters:
- Alpha Channel: Adjust, Alpha Channel: View, Blur, Brightness, Chroma Key: Advanced, Chroma Key: Simple, Contrast, Color Grading, Crop, Diffusion, Glow, Invert Colors, Key Spill: Advanced, Key Spill: Simple, Mirror, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Rotate, Rutt-Etra-Izer, Saturation, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Size and Position, Stabilize, Text, Vignette, Wave, White Balance
- Speed effect for audio/video clips
Hardware Support
- Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring
- Leap Motion for jog/shuttle control
- Webcam capture
- Audio capture to system audio card
- Capture (record) SDI, HDMI, webcam (V4L2), JACK audio, PulseAudio, IP stream, X11 screen, and Windows DirectShow devices
- Multi-core parallel image processing (when not using GPU and frame-dropping is disabled)
- DeckLink SDI keyer output
- OpenGL GPU-based image processing with 16-bit floating point linear per color component
Shotcut 19.06.15 fixes:
- Fixed deleting the project file if there was a save error.
- Fixed reliability of Settings > Display Method > Software on Windows.
- Fixed Crop: Source filter not working with Color clip.
- Fixed using filters on Color Bars and other generator clips.
- Fixed audio filters (Compressor, Expander, Limiter, Notch, Reverb) broken on comma for decimal.
- Fixed alpha video opaque on gaps in Timeline.
- Fixed Convert/Reverse if there no audio track.
- Fixed Measure Video Quality broken.
- Fixed saving the app directory in XML.
- Fixed Alpha: Adjust > Invert checkbox on reload.
- Fixed color eye-dropper (picker) error.
- Fixed audio Pan filter channel resets on reload.
- Fixed a crash using Mirror filter before Rotate and Scale or Size and Position.
- Fixed poor reverse audio quality for mp4 and mkv options.
- Fixed Simple Scroll HTML template may not scroll Up or Left completely.
Changes
- Changed project file to use period for decimal point regardless of OS locale (region/language setting).
- This applies to new projects only. Old projects load and run same as before including saving.
- Changed Export > From to show Source instead of base file name.
- Improved Export Job progress and estimated time remaining.
- Changed Timeline ruler interval to 5 seconds.
- Renamed video filter Circular Frame to Crop: Circle.
- Renamed video filter Crop to Crop: Source.
- Renamed video filter Text to Text: Simple.
- Renamed video filter 3D Text to Text: 3D.
- Renamed video filter Overlay HTML to Text: HTML.
- Renamed video filter Blur to Blur: Box.
- Renamed Reduce Noise video filter to Reduce Noise: Smart Blur.
- Changed the default for Settings > Display Method back to DirectX on Windows.
- Changed maximum duration of Color, Text, and Color Bars clips to 4 hours.
- Added Jobs to the main toolbar.
- Reordered panel buttons on main toolbar to match View menu.
- Increased maximum value of Timer filter"s Start Delay, Duration, and Offset to 24 hours.
New
- Added View > Show Text Under Icons to menu.
- Added View > Show Small Icons to menu.
- Added support for alpha channel to Crop: Circle.
- Added Crop: Rectangle video filter with support for alpha channel.
- Added Add Keyframe button in Keyframes (only on parameters that show a curve UI).
- Added Ripple All button to Timeline toolbar.
- Added keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+0-9 to toggle the panels.
- Added Alt 0/+/- shortcuts to adjust the zoom in Keyframes.
- Added a vertical Flip video filter.
- Added Blur: Exponential video filter (fast and bleeds to edges).
- Added Blur: Low Pass video filter (fast and bleeds to edges).
- Added Blur: Gaussian video filter (slow and bleeds to edges).
- Added Reduce Noise: HQDN3D video filter.
- Added Noise: Fast video filter.
- Added Noise: Keyframes video filter.
- Added Swedish translation.
Download: Shotcut 19.06.15 (32-bit) | Portable | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Shotcut 19.06.15 (64-bit) | Portable | ~300.0 MB
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